intervention on the value of migrant remittances sent. Our results exclude that the remittance effect we identify is a simple …

intervention on the value of migrant remittances sent. Our results exclude that the remittance effect we identify is a simple …

plans. We use a unique data source that provides unusual detail on remittances and return plans, and follows the same … household over time. Our data allows us also to distinguish between different purposes of remittances. We analyze the …, and remittances. The panel nature of our data allows us to condition on household fixed effects. To address measurement …

remittances to be used more effectively, and concerns about externalities from skilled workers being lost. As a result there is … number of other policies, such as lowering the cost of remittances, reducing passport costs, offering dual citizenship, and …

large rise in remittances, and an increased flow of skilled migration. However, recent literature based on cross … than characteristics of their family situations explains much of the higher remittances. …

Recorded remittances to Africa have grown dramatically over the past decade. Yet data limitations still mean relatively …

We investigate the relationship between remittances and migrants' education both theoretically and empirically, using … original bilateral remittance data. At a theoretical level we lay out a model of remittances interacting migrants' human … between remittances and migrants' education is ambiguous and depends on the immigration policy conducted at destination. The …